Ensemble Chaconne: The Glorious Ones, Masterpieces of the Late Baroque

Ensemble Chaconne

The Glorious Ones – Treasures by the Late Baroque Masters

Peter H. Bloom, baroque flute
Carol Lewis, viola da gamba
Olav Chris Henriksen, baroque lute

“Ensemble Chaconne, both in its individuals and together, is a powerhouse of great playing.”

(Classical Voice of North Carolina)

“Vitality and character…style and verve.” (MusicWeb International)

Ensemble Chaconne (Peter H. Bloom, baroque flute; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; and Olav Chris Henriksen, baroque lute) transports the audience to the salons and palaces of 18th century Europe with The Glorious Ones – Treasures by the Late Baroque Masters. Praised by Classical Voice of North Carolina as “a powerhouse of great playing,” the ensemble performs gems by J.S. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann and other leading composers of the baroque era. Now celebrating its 39th season, the ensemble tours widely in the U.S. and abroad.

Ensemble Chaconne’s extensive career includes performances for The National Gallery in London, The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Florida, The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, The Edison Theatre in St Louis, The Yale Center for British Art, Jordan Hall in Boston, Spivey Hall in Atlanta, Connecticut Early Music Festival, Tuesdays Music Live in Augusta GA, King’s Chapel Boston, Morton Arboretum Chamber Series (Chicago), The Nielsen Series in Des Moines, The Lyceum Series in Pensacola, and the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Residency at Davidson College, to name a few.

The program for The Glorious Ones:

Quatorzieme Concert by François Couperin

Prelude and Musette in A Minor for lute by Sylvius Leopold Weiss

Sonata in G Major Op. 1, No. 5 by George Frederick Handel

Fantasia 10 in E major for viola da gamba by Georg Philipp Telemann

Concerto for Lute in D Major by Antonio Vivaldi

Sonata in E Minor BWV 1034 by J.S. Bach